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Can sudden withdrawal of Adderall cause harmful side effects?

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I don't know about the strattera, but I've been on and off Adderall for several years. I more or less self-medicate under my psychiatrist's supervision. sometimes I take my maximum allowed dosage and at others I stop taking it completely depending on my mental state at any given time. I've never had any problems when I stop taking it - and I take a pretty large dose usually.

The thing you'd have to be careful of would be stopping and starting. If I've been off it for a while, then need to start again, I can't start taking my full daily dosage right away. I have to build up to it again. Adderall is an amphetamine, after all.

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This is kindly individual, regular users of Adderall (daily user) should not suddenly stop taking Adderall without first talking with the prescribing doctor. It's not something that one should do with ANY medication. Not recommended by any doctor, you should really be under doctors care when decreasing your dose. Making sure that your body is adjusting well. Since we are all different, react different, adjust different this is between patient and doctor.

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